Bangladesh

Fear, Violence, Discrimination and Silence : The Daily Horrors of Being Hindu in Bangladesh

© Vladimir Adityanath Ground reports from local Hindu organisations and courageous citizen journalists confirm that at least 9 atrocities like abduction of Hindu women, murder of people suspected to be associated with Hindu organisations, continuous denial of jobs to deserving Hindu candidates, loot and molestation of Hindu woman, hurting religious sentiments, targeted robbery and assault …

Bangladesh: Hindu woman faced brutal torture in Coomilla, stripped, raped and recorded, the Police takes after the video goes viral 

A brutal case of torture of a Hindu woman of Bangladesh shocked the whole world. Islamists stripped a Hindu woman, assaulted and allegedly gang-raped in Muradnagar Upazila of the Coomilla district of Bangladesh. The Islamists also recorded the whole incident and uploaded the video on social media.  However, as the video goes viral worldwide, the …

Violation Against Women in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

© Ahimsak Chakma From January to June 2025, the trend is noticeably getting height with the crimes upon the Jumma women, such as, raping, killing after raping, attempting to rape, eve teasing and cheating by the Muslim Bengali settlers, Bengali people coming from outside, laborers, and other professional individuals. Out of 103 incidents from January …

Bangladesh: Islamists targeted and tortured Hindu father and son over imaginary blasphemy allegations 

Islamists in Bangladesh have been using imaginary blasphemy allegations to target and torture Hindu minorities for last few months. A fresh case has been reported from the Lalmonirhat district of Bangladesh.  Based on the imaginary blasphemy allegations, Islamists targeted and tortured a Hindu father and his son in broad daylight. Later, the Police detained them …

Bangladesh: Minor Hindu girl abducted, raped in captivity, the Police arrested Rabiul Haque Rayhan 

The persecution of the Hindu minorities continues in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. This time, a case of abduction and rape has been coming in from the Sylhet district of Bangladesh. After receiving the complaint, the Police immediately launched an investigation and nabbed the accused Islamist.  The arrested Islamist has been identified as Rabiul Haque Rayhan. Rabiul Haque …

বাংলাদেশ: টাকায় মন্দির ও বৌদ্ধ বিহারের ছবি, ক্ষুব্ধ ‘হেফাজত-ই-ইসলাম’

টাকায় মন্দির ও বৌদ্ধ বিহারের ছবি দেখে বেজায় ক্ষুব্ধ বাংলাদেশের ইসলামিক মৌলবাদী গোষ্ঠী ‘হেফাজত ই ইসলাম’। এক বিবৃতি জারি করে গোষ্ঠীটির পক্ষ থেকে অবিলম্বে ওই নোট বাতিলের দাবি জানানো হলো।  মোহাম্মদ ইউনূসের নেতৃত্বাধীন অন্তবর্তী সরকার সম্প্রতি নতুন সিরিজের ব্যাংক নোট জারি করেছে।ইতিমধ্যে সেই নোট বাজারে ছাড়াও হয়ে গিয়েছে। নোট ছাড়ার পর দেখা যায় কুড়ি টাকার …

Bangladesh Supreme Court acquitted ‘Razakar’ Azharul Islam

© Vladimir Adityanath Bangladesh Supreme Court has acquitted Razakar Azharul Islam, overturning his death sentence by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for committing war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. The ICT had sentenced him to death for1) Raping 13 Hindu women2) Abducting 17 Hindus (mostly Hindu intellectuals and women).3) Murdering at least 1276 Hindus …

বাংলাদেশ: যশোরের হিন্দু গ্রামে ইসলামিক মৌলবাদীদের হামলা, লুট গরু, পুড়ে চাই বহু ঘরবাড়ি

Hindu Voice Desk: বাংলাদেশের মাটিতে হিন্দু নির্যাতন অব্যাহত। এবার হিন্দুদের উপর ভয়াবহ আক্রমণ নেমে এলো যশোর জেলার অভয়নগর উপজেলার অন্তর্গত মশিয়াহাটি গ্রামে। উন্মত্ত ইসলামিক মৌলবাদীরা রাতের অন্ধকারে পুড়িয়ে দিল হিন্দুদের বাড়িঘর, ভাঙচুর করে দেওয়া হলো হিন্দু মন্দির এবং লুট করে নিয়ে গেল হিন্দুদের গোয়ালে থাকা গরু। এই ঘটনায় রাতারাতি গৃহহীন হয়ে পড়েছেন প্রায় ৫০০ জন …

Erased in Silence: The Systematic Purge of Hindu educators in Bangladesh

© Vladimir Adityanath 1. Prelude After the fall of the coalition-government headed by Sheikh Hasina on 05.08.2024, Islamists have been systematically targeting Hindus educators in renowned schools and colleges across Bangladesh, attempting to remove them from their designations. With the covert and occasionally overt backing of political parties and Islamist organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Nationalist …

Bangladesh: Islamist mob tortured a Hindu minority over imaginary blasphemy allegation

Targeting Hindu minorities over imaginary blasphemy allegations continues in Bangladesh. A fresh case has been reported from the Tangail district of Bangladesh where Islamist mob attacked a Hindu gold businessman. However, the Police immediately recovered the accused Hindu man and took him into custody to save his life from being lynched. But, the Islamist mob looted and vandalised …